‘Devs’, ‘Mrs. America’ & More Move To Hulu, Now The Exclusive Streaming Home For FX Shows
When The Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox, that included the cable networkFXand all of the shows that come along with it. Since Disney is also the majority stakeholder inHulu, they’re bringing them both together with a new deal that will bring FX’s existing shows, new shows, and nearly all of their old shows exclusively to Hulu.
During a fourth quarter earnings call on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger laid out the company’s plan to create “FX on Hulu” starting in March. Along with the library content of old and current shows, “FX on Hulu” will also see upcoming shows moved from airing on FX to debuting only through streaming by way of this new deal between the cable channel and streaming service. Find out more about the “FX on Hulu” deal below.
IndieWirehas word on the “FX on Hulu” endeavor that will bring more than 40 of FX’s new and existing shows to the streaming service. Upcoming new original shows originally intended for FX will instead debut on Hulu. This includes upcoming shows like Alex Garland’s sci-fi seriesDevs, the dramaMrs. Americastarring Cate Blanchett, the series adaptation of Hannah Fidell’sA Teacher, andThe Old Manwith Jeff Bridges.
As for existing shows that are still churning out new episodes, such asIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, What We Do in the Shadows, andPose, they will continue to premiere on FX, and then arrive on Hulu the following day.
This just further shows how Disney aims to handle the more grown-up content they landed in their acquisition of 20th Century Fox assets. Hulu will basically become an adult version of Disney+ (which launches on Tuesday, November 12), and it’s likely we’ll be seeing the less family-friendly movies and TV shows from 20th Century Fox showing up over there as time goes on.
Hulu CEO Randy Freer made a statement about the new collaboration with FX:
Meanwhile, FX Chairman John Landgraf also had some standard publicity fluff to offer up:
It’ll be interesting to see how Hulu evolves over time and whether or not they’ll simply become a hub for all of Disney’s stuff that doesn’t fit in at Disney+. Will Hulu still acquire and stream shows and movies that aren’t owned by Disney? Or will those deals be few and far between after any current streaming deals for library content run out? We’ll have to wait and see.
